Francophile Friday: Café, Thé, Chocolat?

26.8.11

Yesterday, I gadded about performed clinical caffeine trials at successive meetings with girlfriends: 9:00 am, 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. After two half-strength lattes at the first cafe and one half-strength latte at the next, I made the switch to tea for the home run. Silly me ~ if only I'd added some hot chocolate into the mix, I'd have covered all of the bases offered by this charming cafe in Paris. In honour of the fine raspberry and white chocolate scones consumed with cream at the 11:00 am session {and emboldened by a residual caffeine buzz}, I've taken the liberty of giving the cafe a paint job that leans closer to pink than the fire engine-red original over at Virginia's Paris Through My Lens. {Thank you for the beautiful inspiration, dear V!} It seems a very cosy place to nestle in for the weekend {looks like rain here}. My first order will be a hot chocolate equaliser. How about you? Please, pull up a chair. And on that note...

Your changes to reality are always enhancements, Shell. I'd like to see what you could achieve on a double extra strong latté and an exquisite three-tier plate of those scones, though I don't really see how you could beat this current offering.

This place is beyond charming in bright red and raspberry too—your reno definitely suits it. Hurricane Irene is headed straight for NYC; should hit this weekend. If I have to hunker down, this is the place I'd choose to be—as long as you're there and they don't run out of croissants. :~}

I would happily spend all day here partaking in clinical caffeine trials (alternating between coffee and hot chocolate and gobbling up any pain au chocolate that crossed my path). Such a lovely scene and your use of calming colors and delightful details are wonderful. You and V make a great team!

My three favorite beverages. I'll take one of each, please. Hopefully I'm not too late, and if I am, I'll just sit and ponder the rain and sip slowly until your return. Such a lovely pink Parisian cafe.

(I will hold this image in my mind as I venture out into the cloudless sky and the sizzling heat.)

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